Jack Dennerlein, PhD

Dr. Dennerlein is Dean of Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Dr. Dennerlein has spent over two decades as an internationally respected scholar, researcher, and innovator in the field of occupational safety and health. His U.S. federally funded research program investigates interventions to improve worker safety, health, and well-being. Dr. Dennerlein has been an active leader and contributor in the development of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) Total Worker Health® program. Dr. Dennerlein is also Adjunct Professor of Ergonomic and Safety at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where he is a Senior Advisor and collaborator at the Chan School’s Center for Work, Health, and Wellbeing, one of 10 NIOSH Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health®. Prior to joining BU, Dr. Dennerlein was a faculty member at Northeastern University and the Harvard T.H. Chang School of Public Health. He is a fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, a member of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and has served on several committees of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. He holds degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Berkeley.